Key facts
- Special counsel team led by Lee Tae-han suspects an election commission employee concealed and forged a vote tally sheet in Gyeonggi's June education superintendent election.
- The team said the employee worked at the election commission in Gwangju, Gyeonggi Province, and that the local commission sought to cover up the matter.
- That cover-up led to an incorrect final tally, the team said.
- Investigators executed a search and seizure warrant at the Gyeonggi provincial election commission and the Gwangju election commission on Tuesday.
- Lee's team was launched in early September to investigate June's ballot shortages and other suspected election commission irregularities.
A special counsel team led by Lee Tae-han said Tuesday it suspects a National Election Commission employee of concealing and forging a vote tally sheet in the June election for education superintendent of Gyeonggi Province, Yonhap reported. Investigators were sent to the Gyeonggi provincial election commission and the election commission in Gwangju, Gyeonggi Province, earlier in the day to execute a search and seizure warrant and verify the suspicions, the team said.
According to the team, the suspect is an employee of the Gwangju election commission who concealed and forged the tally sheet, which the local commission sought to cover up, leading to an incorrect final tally. Lee's team has been investigating various suspected irregularities involving the National Election Commission since it was launched in early September to look mainly into what led to unprecedented ballot shortages in June's nationwide local elections.